Tag: NCGA

#ncga: ‘I dunno. Whadda you wanna do?”

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Things are supposedly winding down in Raleigh. The GOP-controlled House and Senate are at an impasse over a state budget. Word is that staff and non-essential legislators will be sent

A sobering look at NC’s fiscal health

Posted on July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The Moral Monday rabble dirtying up the streets in Winston-Salem right now likes to tell us how North Carolina is going to hell in a handbasket since the GOP took over

#ncpol: Ethics? What’s that? (A new grocery chain? )

Posted on July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The cloud of ethics scandal has wafted over from Jones Street to the state board of elections. Apparently, another Republican officeholder — also an attorney — is needing a bit

#ncga: Ethics, meet Tim Moore. Mr. Moore, meet Ethics.

Posted on July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 by Brant Clifton

For the second time in a little over three years, Tim Moore’s ethical choices have made him an easy target for Blinkin’ Chris’s comedy website. Moore ran for speaker promising

SCV returns fire in flag fight

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The Sons of Confederate Veterans don’t appear to be ready to reprise Appamattox in response to the attacks on “The Stars & Bars” by the far left, spineless Republican pols, and

Of roaches and statist mooches

Posted on July 5, 2015July 5, 2015 by Brant Clifton

A friend of mine in the pest control business told me once about the importance of spraying a whole building evenly at one time. Spraying one section, leaving, and then

That giant sucking sound? Gov. Pat’s rump being SMOOCHED.

Posted on June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 by Brant Clifton

I’ve got to hand it to Team McCrory. Their PR shop has failed miserably in dealing with the drivebys. It appears that someone in that camp has decided that —

#ncga: House Dems loaded for bear against a, um, license plate

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Brant Clifton

The moles are reporting in about the appearance of something in Jones Street’s lower chamber called the “License Plate Subcommittee.” From what I hear, this new entity will be spearheaded

#ncga: Taxing & regulating gambling?

Posted on June 27, 2015June 27, 2015 by Brant Clifton

That’s an idea that intrigues us. Taxes on gambling are paid voluntarily, as opposed to the current confiscatory practices of our state and federal revenue agencies. Doing something like this

#ncga: Fletch flounders

Posted on June 24, 2015June 24, 2015 by Brant Clifton

Politics is a lot like business in the real world. In business, people form relationships with people because they need something from them. In most cases, those relationships end when